Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell is an American television journalist, anchor, reporter and commentator for NBC News, based in Washington, D.C...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNews Anchor
Date of Birth30 October 1946
CityNew Rochelle, NY
CountryUnited States of America
luck phone
Frankly, I don't think it was luck. I must have made 100 phone calls.
determined kerry people
This was tough. The Kerry people were determined not to have a leak.
american-journalist calling interviews locations work
To get interviews for their newscasts, I'd work the phones, calling locations to find someone I could interview when a story broke.
behind came dragged event grabbed guys pain pulled
Two guys came up behind me, grabbed me, and pulled me out, ... I was in a lot of pain. It was really humiliating to be dragged out of an event in a president's office.
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Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week.
honest washington
I was stricken. I think that was his honest response, unfiltered by the conventions of Washington and the corridors of the Senate.
american-journalist grownup perhaps
Someday perhaps I'll have to get a grownup job... but for now I'm having too much fun being a reporter.
american-journalist held interest jobs public relations steer toward tried
Instead, they tried to steer me toward jobs more traditionally held by women, in public relations or advertising, which didn't interest me at all.
funny
He thought the whole thing was so funny.
came home reporter small wedding
It's really exciting, isn't it? We came home and he said, 'Do you want a big wedding or a small wedding?' Here I am a hard-boiled reporter and I have got butterflies.
american-journalist charge given woman
Once again, no one in charge had given any thought to the possibility that a woman would be involved.
scale
On a scale of 1 to 10, I was a 12,
american-journalist traded
As kids, we traded 'I like Ike' and 'All the way with Adlai' buttons in elementary school.
combine expected gave love original politics rip wire
All they expected me to do was rip and read the wire 'leads,' without doing any original reporting. It was pretty basic, but gave me a taste of how to combine my love of politics and broadcasting.